DENVER – The University of Denver men's basketball program will continue its season-opening three-game road trip on Thursday night when the Pioneers take on Washington in a national tv date at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. Tip on the Big Ten Network is set for 8 p.m. MT.  

SERIES HISTORY:
Thursday marks the first meeting between the two programs.

KINSEY REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS IN DENVER DEBUT

• Senior Logan Kinsey reached the 1,000 point club in the 98th game of his collegiate career on November 4, scoring 15 points in Denver's season-opening loss at Seattle.
• Kinsey scored 498 points (14.6) in his junior season at Minnesota State Moorhead a year ago.

BURKE PLAYS 40 MINUTES IN DU DEBUT, LEADS PIOS WITH 21

• Graduate student Jeremiah Burke played all 40 minutes in Denver's regulation loss at Seattle on November 3 (73-84).
• Burke is the first DU player to play 40 minutes in a regulation game since Jase Townsend in the 2020 Summit League Tournament against North Dakota State (3/7/20).
• Burke scored Denver's first eight points of the season and led the Pioneers with 21 in the opener, the first 20-point game of his career.

DENVER VS. THE POWER 5

• Denver is 1-33 in its Division I history against programs from the Power 4.
• The Pioneers lone victory since the 1999-00 season was at home against Oregon State on December 13, 2000.
• Denver's last single-digit loss against a Power-5 team came last year in the Pioneers trip to Oregon State (12/21/22).
• The Pioneers are 1-10 against Power-5s in single-digit outcomes.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ACCEPTS WCC INVITE FOR 2026-27

• On October 31, the University of Denver announced it has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference in nine sports, beginning in the 2026-27 season.
• "My immediate response was excited. I understand how big it is for university overall athletics. I understand that it's a power conference for sure, and I think it's just the absolute perfect fit for our program and university." Head Coach Tim Bergstraser
• Denver will join the West Coast Conference in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball.
• The move provides Denver with a significant enhancement to the overall reputation of the university and brand association, allying DU with highly regarded, mostly private institutions with stronger academic ranking and profiles that will further strengthen the university's position in the western United States.

UP NEXT:
Denver closes the road trip on Sunday afternoon when the Pioneers travel to Montana State. Opening tip on ESPN+ is set for 1 p.m. MT.

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